An Unwilling Bride - Jo Beverley I LOVE the angst involved in arranged/forced marriages, and in that aspect, this book was a joy. While the "romance" between Lucian and Beth wasn't really full of chemistry or sexual tension, I did enjoy their battles of wits, and the injustice of having to give up everything you've ever wanted in life because of the whims of someone more powerful.

However, the fact that we get the same level of explicit detail (which, I admit, isn't all that much) when the hero schtups his mistress as when he does the same with his wife was a huge turn off. Add to that the fact that said mistress and wife later become friends with no animosity or jealousy between them, and the fact that the hero backhands the heroine (giving her a big honkin black eye) and she INSTANTLY forgives him and for the rest of the novel goes on and on and on about how she knows he'll never do it again because he loooooooves her (b*tch please), and I could barely finish it.

This one is just a 2/5 for me.